Friday, January 31, 2014
Week of Welcome
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Welcome Back!
I hope everyone had a nice relaxing winter break because it's time to get back to work! But don't worry, there will plenty of fun things to do too.
First up will be Week of Welcome on Wednesday and Thursday from 11am to 2 pm. The GSA will have a table set up and people waiting to answer your questions about geography, such as why it's awesome. Or we are also looking for volunteers to help us spread the word about geography. You don't have to stay for a long period of time. Even 5 minutes would be greatly appreciated. If you're interested in helping or have other questions just email us: csulbgsa@gmail.com.
The first GSA meeting will be on Jan. 30 at 5pm in PH1-230. If you have time, please stop by and say hi. After that meetings will be every other week on Wed. at 1pm (PH1-230) and Thurs. 5pm (PH1-230).
The Los Angeles Geographical Society (LAGS) will have their first FREE public lecture of the year on February 7 at 8pm. Directions can be found here. There will be 2 more lectures on March 7 and April 4. More info on those later.
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First up will be Week of Welcome on Wednesday and Thursday from 11am to 2 pm. The GSA will have a table set up and people waiting to answer your questions about geography, such as why it's awesome. Or we are also looking for volunteers to help us spread the word about geography. You don't have to stay for a long period of time. Even 5 minutes would be greatly appreciated. If you're interested in helping or have other questions just email us: csulbgsa@gmail.com.
The first GSA meeting will be on Jan. 30 at 5pm in PH1-230. If you have time, please stop by and say hi. After that meetings will be every other week on Wed. at 1pm (PH1-230) and Thurs. 5pm (PH1-230).
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| LAGS. Image from lageography.org. |
The Los Angeles Geographical Society (LAGS) will have their first FREE public lecture of the year on February 7 at 8pm. Directions can be found here. There will be 2 more lectures on March 7 and April 4. More info on those later.
Topic:
Fog and Climate Change:
Now You See It, Now You Don’t!
By Dr. Steve LaDochy
Professor of Geosciences, CSU Los Angeles
Location:
Los Angeles City College
Science-
855 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles CA 90029
Near the end of the semester we're also planning on having our annual photo contest. More details on that later in the semester.
Monday, November 25, 2013
Geography Awareness Week
Geography Awareness Week was a success!
The Geography Department and GSA brought geography to the people. Or least geographers got to hang out and do fun geography-related things.
So here's a recap of that fun week before you get down to finishing those projects and studying for finals. There will be an end of the year pot luck. More info on that later.
Monday:
Bret Hartt's coffee talk and tasting. If you missed it, well I can't give you any coffee, but you can download and listen to his talk here. You can even hear the coffee being ground! Plus I have pictures.
The outdoor film screening of Urbanized by Gary Hustwit. Unfortunately I missed most of that but what I did see was interesting. Here's the trailer.
Tuesday:
Bret Hartt's film screening of Breakwater about the Long Beach breakwater. You can download and listen to the Q and A with Brett, the director and the editor.
Wednesday:
MAP EXHIBIT! We got to show off various maps by students and faculty.
Dr. Christine Rodrigue gave a talk on the geography of Mars, which was fascinating. Have a listen to it here. You can also read and view her slides at her website.
Thursday:
The last film screening was on a documentary called Africa Representa by Harald Friedl. This was a great film on life in Africa and how the people see their lives and those of the developed countries.
The Geography Department and GSA brought geography to the people. Or least geographers got to hang out and do fun geography-related things.
So here's a recap of that fun week before you get down to finishing those projects and studying for finals. There will be an end of the year pot luck. More info on that later.
Monday:
Bret Hartt's coffee talk and tasting. If you missed it, well I can't give you any coffee, but you can download and listen to his talk here. You can even hear the coffee being ground! Plus I have pictures.
The outdoor film screening of Urbanized by Gary Hustwit. Unfortunately I missed most of that but what I did see was interesting. Here's the trailer.
Tuesday:
Bret Hartt's film screening of Breakwater about the Long Beach breakwater. You can download and listen to the Q and A with Brett, the director and the editor.
Wednesday:
MAP EXHIBIT! We got to show off various maps by students and faculty.
Dr. Christine Rodrigue gave a talk on the geography of Mars, which was fascinating. Have a listen to it here. You can also read and view her slides at her website.
Thursday:
The last film screening was on a documentary called Africa Representa by Harald Friedl. This was a great film on life in Africa and how the people see their lives and those of the developed countries.
Friday, November 1, 2013
Mapping Phnom Penh and Cultural Night
So a lot has been going on with more good things to come. First off:
On Oct. 24 Dr. James Tyner, a former CSULB alumni, came to our campus and gave a lecture on “Mapping Phnom Penh during the Cambodian Genocide.” He discussed how previous literature had pictured Phnom Penh as abandoned after the genocide, but in truth the city had around 22,000 people living and working within it. You can download and listen to the lecture as well as the Q and A portion here. (Note: the audio has been edited. These things have been removed: the intro about his time at CSULB, long pauses and audience clapping. I've also increased the volume of some parts to better hear them.)
Then there was Cultural Night on Oct. 27 at Natraj Indian Cuisine in Long Beach. Everyone had a really good time and the food was delicious too. Because we were having such a good time, we forgot to take pictures but here's the flyer I made for the event.
A little background on the restaurant:
Natarj in Long Beach was actually part of a larger chain of Indian restaurants started by two friends, Vijay Khosla and Inderjit Singh in January of 1991. They started several locations throughout Southern California. Some have been sold off, including the one in Long Beach, but that doesn't seem to have caused it harm any. In fact, there are quite a lot of good reviews.
Our Cultural Night group also had a really good
time. The people who run Natraj were very nice and accommodating to our
need for a large party and of course the food was great. I tried fish
curry because I'd never even heard of that before. I really loved the
mango lassi,
which is a yogurt drink popular in northern India. Here's a recipe, so you can make your own. I would
go back to Natraj everyday just to have that! Oh, and the fried
vegetables too.
If you want to know more about Indian food here are two articles:
History of Indian
Food and History
of Indian Cuisine. Happy reading!
As a final note, the LAGS will be having their next free lecture on Friday Nov. 1 at 8 pm. This lecture is on "Cannabis City: Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in Los Angeles" by Dr. Steve Graves Associate Professor of Geography, CSU Northridge. The lecture will be held at:
On Oct. 24 Dr. James Tyner, a former CSULB alumni, came to our campus and gave a lecture on “Mapping Phnom Penh during the Cambodian Genocide.” He discussed how previous literature had pictured Phnom Penh as abandoned after the genocide, but in truth the city had around 22,000 people living and working within it. You can download and listen to the lecture as well as the Q and A portion here. (Note: the audio has been edited. These things have been removed: the intro about his time at CSULB, long pauses and audience clapping. I've also increased the volume of some parts to better hear them.)
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| Image from CSULB Geography Dept. website. |
A little background on the restaurant:
Natarj in Long Beach was actually part of a larger chain of Indian restaurants started by two friends, Vijay Khosla and Inderjit Singh in January of 1991. They started several locations throughout Southern California. Some have been sold off, including the one in Long Beach, but that doesn't seem to have caused it harm any. In fact, there are quite a lot of good reviews.
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| This is the couple that runs Natraj. Image from their website. |
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| Some of the dishes available. Image from Natraj's website. |
As a final note, the LAGS will be having their next free lecture on Friday Nov. 1 at 8 pm. This lecture is on "Cannabis City: Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in Los Angeles" by Dr. Steve Graves Associate Professor of Geography, CSU Northridge. The lecture will be held at:
Los Angeles City College (LACC)
Science-Technology Building
855 North Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90029
You can find directions on their website or can contact us at csulbgsa@gmail.com. Hope to see you there!
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
LAGS and Future Events
Welcome back! New year, new GSA and exciting new events. Some of those events were the LAGS lectures in September and this month on the 4th. Both were given by CSULB's Dr. Paul Laris and Dr. Deborah Thien at LA City College. If you missed out, which you probably did because I let the craziness of the first month back keep me from updating this blog, then you can at least listen to Dr. Thien's lecture on emotional geographies focusing on PTSD in the military and its affects on both men and women. (Sorry the sound quality is not the best.) You can download and listen to it via this link.
There will be another lecture on November 1st on medical marijuana dispensaries in LA by Dr. Steve Graves of CSU Northridge. We'll be putting together a carpool for those who need or can give a ride. You can email us at csulbgsa@gmail.com for carpool info. You can also take the metro - blue line to red line to Vermont Station, which is just outside of the college. Here's a map.
But the fun is only beginning. There are several things in the works for this semester, including a cultural night, hike and Geography Awareness Week!! Yep, I'm excited.
We're currently looking for students to be on committees for both the cultural night and geography awareness week to help set everything up. Cultural Night is planned for sometime before the end of October. We're thinking Oktoberfest style but we're open to suggestions. Preferably something in Long Beach.
The hike is planned for early November and will probably be at Angels Gate Park/Korean Friendship Bell, but we're still working on that. Hopefully we can set up a carpool for that as well.
Geography Awareness Week will take place the 3rd week of November (the 18th - 22nd I believe) and could consist of map displays, a lecture on the geography of Mars by Dr. Rodrigue, a coffee tasting and more! This is basically a week where we try to tell the world that geography is more than just knowing where cities are. If you're interested in helping out or have something you want to do for it than just email us.
Oh yeah, and good luck on those midterms.
There will be another lecture on November 1st on medical marijuana dispensaries in LA by Dr. Steve Graves of CSU Northridge. We'll be putting together a carpool for those who need or can give a ride. You can email us at csulbgsa@gmail.com for carpool info. You can also take the metro - blue line to red line to Vermont Station, which is just outside of the college. Here's a map.
But the fun is only beginning. There are several things in the works for this semester, including a cultural night, hike and Geography Awareness Week!! Yep, I'm excited.
We're currently looking for students to be on committees for both the cultural night and geography awareness week to help set everything up. Cultural Night is planned for sometime before the end of October. We're thinking Oktoberfest style but we're open to suggestions. Preferably something in Long Beach.
The hike is planned for early November and will probably be at Angels Gate Park/Korean Friendship Bell, but we're still working on that. Hopefully we can set up a carpool for that as well.
Geography Awareness Week will take place the 3rd week of November (the 18th - 22nd I believe) and could consist of map displays, a lecture on the geography of Mars by Dr. Rodrigue, a coffee tasting and more! This is basically a week where we try to tell the world that geography is more than just knowing where cities are. If you're interested in helping out or have something you want to do for it than just email us.
Oh yeah, and good luck on those midterms.
Monday, April 8, 2013
Who's Presenting at AAG this week from CSULB?
Dr. Hyowon Ban
Paper Session 3209: Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Data Mining & Visualization (5): Movement Pattern Analysis
is scheduled on Thursday, 4/11/2013, from 10:00 AM - 11:40 AM in San Fernando, Westin, Lobby Level
is scheduled on Thursday, 4/11/2013, from 10:00 AM - 11:40 AM in San Fernando, Westin, Lobby Level
Norman Carter
Paper Session: 5243 Geographic Perspectives on Housing
is scheduled on Saturday, 4/13/2013, from 10:00 AM - 11:40 AM in Malibu Parlor 3078, Westin, 30th Floor
is scheduled on Saturday, 4/13/2013, from 10:00 AM - 11:40 AM in Malibu Parlor 3078, Westin, 30th Floor
Dr. Christine Jocoy
Paper Session: 2627 Health and Social Environments: Mental Health and Substance Use
is scheduled on Wednesday, 4/10/2013, from 4:40 PM - 6:20 PM in Santa Monica A, Westin, Level 3
is scheduled on Wednesday, 4/10/2013, from 4:40 PM - 6:20 PM in Santa Monica A, Westin, Level 3
Dr. Paul Laris
Paper Session: 4177 Land Systems Science Symposium: Environmental Dimensions of Land Systems
is scheduled on Friday, 4/12/2013, from 8:00 AM - 9:40 AM in Heinsbergen, Biltmore, Lobby Level
is scheduled on Friday, 4/12/2013, from 8:00 AM - 9:40 AM in Heinsbergen, Biltmore, Lobby Level
Dr. Unna Lassiter
Paper Session:1606 Geographies of Entrepreneurship in Developed and Developing Economies III
is scheduled on Tuesday, 4/9/2013, from 4:40 PM - 6:20 PM in Los Feliz, Westin, Lobby Level
is scheduled on Tuesday, 4/9/2013, from 4:40 PM - 6:20 PM in Los Feliz, Westin, Lobby Level
Panel Session: 1413 The Academic Job Market for Geographers
is scheduled on Tuesday, 4/9/2013, from 12:40 PM - 2:20 PM in San Pedro, Westin, Lobby Level
is scheduled on Tuesday, 4/9/2013, from 12:40 PM - 2:20 PM in San Pedro, Westin, Lobby Level
Dr. Dmitrii Sidorov
Paper Session: 4674 Reimagining Regions and Revisiting Geographic Thought
is scheduled on Friday, 4/12/2013, from 4:40 PM - 6:20 PM in Corsican, Biltmore, Mezzanine Level
is scheduled on Friday, 4/12/2013, from 4:40 PM - 6:20 PM in Corsican, Biltmore, Mezzanine Level
Dr. Deborah Thien
Paper Session: 4107 Institutional Spaces of Pain, Suffering, and Trauma (Part I)
is scheduled on Friday, 4/12/2013, from 8:00 AM - 9:40 AM in Palos Verdes, Westin, Lobby Level
is scheduled on Friday, 4/12/2013, from 8:00 AM - 9:40 AM in Palos Verdes, Westin, Lobby Level
Grad Student Edition:
Teresa Anderson-Sharma
Paper Session: 2104 The vacant land dilemma/opportunity for cities in transition I
is scheduled on Wednesday, 4/10/2013, from 8:00 AM - 9:40 AM in La Cienega, Westin, Lobby Level
is scheduled on Wednesday, 4/10/2013, from 8:00 AM - 9:40 AM in La Cienega, Westin, Lobby Level
Molan Choi
Paper Session: 3639 Geospatial and Geotechnical applications in Archaeology
is scheduled on Thursday, 4/11/2013, from 4:40 PM - 6:20 PM in Laguna Parlor 3068, Westin, 30th Floor
is scheduled on Thursday, 4/11/2013, from 4:40 PM - 6:20 PM in Laguna Parlor 3068, Westin, 30th Floor
Abel Santana
Paper Session: 2627 Health and Social Environments: Mental Health and Substance Use
is scheduled on Wednesday, 4/10/2013, from 4:40 PM - 6:20 PM in Santa Monica A, Westin, Level 3
is scheduled on Wednesday, 4/10/2013, from 4:40 PM - 6:20 PM in Santa Monica A, Westin, Level 3
David Schwartz
Paper Session: 4135 Maritime Geography
is scheduled on Friday, 4/12/2013, from 8:00 AM - 9:40 AM in Laguna Parlor 3028, Westin, 30th Floor
is scheduled on Friday, 4/12/2013, from 8:00 AM - 9:40 AM in Laguna Parlor 3028, Westin, 30th Floor
Tyler Sonnichsen
Paper Session: 2259 'This Must Be the Place': The Evolving Economic Geography of Music II
is scheduled on Wednesday, 4/10/2013, from 10:00 AM - 11:40 AM in Olvera, The LA Hotel, Level 2
is scheduled on Wednesday, 4/10/2013, from 10:00 AM - 11:40 AM in Olvera, The LA Hotel, Level 2
Coming April 25th: The GSA Benefit Comedy Night!
It's happening again! Bigger/better venue, an outstanding lineup of comics, this is going to be a night to remember. Spread the word and RSVP to the Facebook event if you can. More info coming soon.
Here's a clip of headliner Jasper Redd performing on Conan O'Brien:
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Long Beach Aquarium Lecture
Wednesday March, 20 at 7:30pm-8:30pm there will be lecture at the Aquarium of Long Beach. The lecture will be on the Colorado river and its importance to California. It is free for students if you call ahead. It costs five dollars otherwise.
Link:
http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/events/info/colorado_river_lifeblood_of_the_southwest/
Link:
http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/events/info/colorado_river_lifeblood_of_the_southwest/
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Spring 2013 - Ethiopian Dinner = Good Times
This is pretty sad, we know. It's taken way too long for us to update this. I mean, our first cultural night of the semester already came and went. It was at Abyssinia Ethiopian, and it was almost too delicious.
Join us for our meetings next week on Tuesday (12pm, PH1-230) and Wednesday (PH1-201)!
Just as a quick note, we'll be talking about the California Geographic Society meeting in upcoming meetings. Get your thinking caps on and figure out if you'd like to present. Registration deadline is April 2nd, and even if you're not presenting, it's a great networking opportunity and a good time in San Luis Obispo this year. Read up here for more info.
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